What will the King's visit really achieve with Trump?
4/27/202639 min
Trump has praised King Charles for pressing on with his US state visit in the wake of Saturday night's shooting, calling him ‘brave’. The President’s comments have thrust the King back into the diplomatic spotlight.
With tensions between the UK and the US compounding, it seems that Keir Starmer has deployed the King as a literal trump card. So can the King make any difference for the ‘special relationship’?
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First 90 secondsDonald Trump· Soundbite0:00
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Jon Sopel· Host0:05
Is there a chance in hell that the law is going to change as a result of this latest episode? Not a cat's chance.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:13
The sort of coverage in the US press, like this is not who America is.
Jon Sopel· Host0:17
Yeah.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:17
It's like I, I don't know how to tell you this, America. If you're a Brit, this is exactly who we think you are.
Jon Sopel· Host0:23
There was someone there who intended to kill the president.
Emily Maitlis· Host0:27
And this idea that, you know, political violence has no place in America, wake the [beep] up.
Jon Sopel· Host0:33
And I'm afraid, America, it's your same old story of too many guns and too many people who will resort to violence when anything else fails.
Donald Trump· Soundbite0:45
The King is coming here, King of England. I think it's great. He'll be very safe. Yeah. Yeah. And- You know, the White House grounds- ...will your events be able to go, go forward? You're, no- Yeah ...no concerns about security going forward? No. The White House grounds are really safe. Mm-hmm. This area of not very many acres, it's really safe. And he'll be staying here. Now, I believe he's going to a couple of other locations because he's here for a few days, and he's a great guy. Oh, he, they called and, and they are so looking forward to being here.
Jon Sopel· Host1:16
So looking forward to being here. Well, up to a point they are. They've got a job to do with the so-called special relationship in such a parlous state. But looking forward to it, I think there's